WHO: Smoking cigarettes won't protect you from the coronavirus
An April study out of France suggested that smokers are less likely to be infected with COVID-19 than non-smokers. But in a media briefing May 8, a World Health Organization leader said the research...
View ArticleCan you get life insurance if you vape? The answer is complicated.
Vaping is still a relatively new practice, so life insurance companies haven't yet standardized the way they treat vape users — as smokers, non-smokers, or something else entirely.According to the life...
View Article1 in 3 young adults are vulnerable to severe coronavirus infections, a new...
One in three young adults have at least one risk factor that could result in severe COVID-19 infections, a new study found.The researchers determined that smoking was the most prevalent risk factor for...
View ArticleWhy some people go gray in their 20s, according to a dermatologist
Summary List PlacementFollowing is a transcript of the video.Graham Flanagan: Look at that silver fox. So distinguished, so sophisticated. Wow! But what if I told you that this guy was a millennial?...
View ArticleA childhood vaccine available since 1979 has been linked to less severe...
Summary List PlacementPeople whose immune systems responded strongly to a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine may be less likely to become severely ill if they are infected with the new coronavirus,...
View ArticleA 25-year-old set her eyes on taking over the high-end smoking accessories...
Summary List PlacementWhen Chiara di Carcaci started her career in the fashion industry, she picked up on something ironic: sure, there's lots of glitz and glamour, including a lot of people who smoke....
View ArticleNew Jersey is prioritizing cigarette smokers for COVID-19 vaccines because of...
Summary List PlacementOfficials are scrambling to speed-up COVID-19 vaccinations across the US, but a complicated set of guidelines regarding who should get priority have stymied states' efforts to...
View ArticleAltria extends losses as Biden administration considers forcing cigarette...
Summary List PlacementShares of Altria shares stretched losses early Tuesday following a report that the Biden administration may require cigarette and tobacco companies to cut down the amount of...
View ArticleUS tobacco giant Reynolds American just spent $16 million on politics as...
Summary List PlacementAmerica's second-largest tobacco company burned through over $16 million in political donations in 2020, a show of force that previews the difficulty the Biden Administration...
View ArticleCops tasing and beating teens over vaping is what happens when everything's a...
Summary List PlacementWe shouldn't be shocked by the viral video of an unarmed young man— arms raised and clearly no threat to anyone — being tased and hog-tied by police.Nor should we be shocked by a...
View ArticlePhilip Morris International CEO says cigarettes should be banned and the...
Summary List PlacementThe chief executive of Philip Morris International, the maker of Marlboro cigarettes outside the US, said his company would stop selling cigarettes in the UK within a decade.CEO...
View ArticlePhilip Morris International's CEO says cigarettes, including Marlboros,...
Summary List PlacementThe CEO of Philip Morris International, the tobacco giant that makes and sells Marlboro cigarettes for customers outside the US, said in an interview over the weekend that the...
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